HUMAN 1B Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Indus River, Chennai Beach Railway Station, Hind Swaraj Or Indian Home Rule
22 Aug 2018
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Gandhi"s own transformation as he thinks about empire. Imperial forest college tennis club, dehra dun (india) 1933. Already exposed to the idea of empire from his grandfather who worked under the forest department (british) Many stories of ruin as well -- mass deforestation, illegal cutting and selling of trees, tiger hunts :( Divided the country into india and pakistan. Largest mass migration in history -- nearly 2 million crossed the border. Memories of the partition for his mother was a mass number of refugees coming in. On one side you mass numbers of refugees, and other side you have middle class celebrating independence. Paradox: the ending of the british empire. Experience and interpretation based on this experience. All of these people are experiencing empire very differently essay. The gaekwar of baroda with 128. 48 carat diamond necklace. The indian war of independence of 1857. All of them spent time in prison. Texts that were written in a moment of urgency.
